BLOG: Fr. Raphael Ma, CR
It’s been a busy spring and summer for us at Salt + Light Television. April featured the Holy Father’s trip to the United States, May brought us the Catholic Media Convention. In June we celebrated the wonderful Eucharistic Congress, and just a couple of weeks ago the world traveled to Sydney for an incredible WYD. ...read more
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) is an agency of the Holy See, set up in 1926 by Pope Pius XII to give humanitarian and pastoral support to the Church in the Middle East, North East Africa, and Eastern Europe. The Canadian arm of CNEWA has launched an emergency appeal to raise funds to ...read more
Being Co-Creators with God: Resources for the Church’s teaching on Human Sexuality and Fertility Care ...read more
In the mellow days of summer, why not taking some time to relax with Sacred Scripture? Salt + Light Television is replaying every Friday evening the popular Lectio Divina series with Archbishop Thomas Collins. In each episode the Archbishop reads over a segment of Scripture, and then offers a reflection on it. Viewers can follow ...read more
As Pope Benedict enjoys the charming natural surroundings in Bressanone, one of his prayer intentions for August appropriately calls to mind seeing the beauty of God in Creation. Here are the Holy Father’s intentions for the month: General Intention: That the human family may know how to respect God’s design for the world and thus ...read more
Tonight’s Catholic Focus is special for a couple reasons: one being that it’s my very first! Secondly, the guests that appear on the program. The Catholic Register’s publisher and editor Joseph Sinasac joins me in studio to look at the world of Catholic media; it’s ups and downs, and why a journalist would want to ...read more
No doubt moms and families have a loooonnnggg list of Things to Do. School, sports, music, family time, chores, and on and on and on. So – take a look at that list again. Where does faith fit in? Today on Mothering, Full of Grace we’re talking schedules. Join moms as they talk about how ...read more
It’s been announced that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Pompei on October 19th. Pompei’s Bishop Carlo Liberati said that the Holy Father will celebrate Mass at the shrine, and will entrust himself, as well as the Synod of Bishops to the Virgin Mary. The ...read more
Pope Benedict’s offered a fond reflection on World Youth Day at his weekly Angelus address. Click HERE for that. You’ll note that in the Zenit translation, after the address, in Italian, the Holy Father said: I greet all those who are vacationing now, wishing them serene days of profitable physical and spiritual leisure. However, I ...read more
For part two of our two-part series called “Left Behind”, we had a chance to catch up one more time with Mr. Richard Valenti, Editor/Cameraman at Salt + Light Television. Q: Mr. Valenti, did we not wish you a safe trip to Toronto on FRIDAY? Why are you still here? Mr. Valenti: Well, apparently, we ...read more